With the belief that ‘it is the right of every child, boy or girl, to enjoy quality education that would enable them to achieve their goals and fulfill their dreams’, Smt. Devi Prasad & Shri. G.N Khaitan founded their first CBSE school, the B.D.M International School in Kolkata in 1964. It was followed by Sunny Preparatory School (Kolkata), The Khaitan School (Noida), Khaitan Public School (Ghaziabad) and Radico Welfare Centre – a school for the underprivileged (New Delhi).

Belonging to the Marwari community, the Khaitan family originated from the village of Ramgarh in Rajasthan. We have always been inspired and invigorated by education and academics, setting milestones and benchmarks for our people. In fact, in the late 1800, my grandfather was the first individual from our community to pass the Matriculation examination- and half a century later, my sister was the first woman in our community to achieve the same distinction.

I am proud to mention that four out of six of my father’s brothers attained first Class, first in the M.A. Examination. Also, an uncle of mine was the first Marwari to qualify as a Barrister and moved on to being the Advocate General of West Bengal.Coming back to my generation, numerous family members have obtained laurels in academics, ranging from lawyers to industrialists.

These glorious backgrounds of highly educated and motivated family members rooted the very foundation of education deep within me.

My wife, Srimati Draupati Devi, had always wanted to impart education to children since she strongly believe that-

It was the right of every child, boy or girl, to enjoy quality education that would enable them to achieve their goals and fulfill their dreams.

It was her vision that saw the birth of our first school, the B.D. Memorial Institute, which was founded in Kolkata (1964) with  only three students. Today, the school boasts of over 5,500 students. Thereafter, my wife and I had the privilege of building many more schools in various parts of the country.